CVE-2009-1270

NameCVE-2009-1270
Descriptionlibclamav/untar.c in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted TAR file that causes (1) clamd and (2) clamscan to hang.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1771-1
Debian Bugs523016

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
clamav (PTS)bullseye0.103.10+dfsg-0+deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1.0.9+dfsg-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.0.9+dfsg-1~deb12u1fixed
forky, sid, trixie1.4.3+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
clamavsourceetch0.90.1dfsg-4etch19DSA-1771-1
clamavsourcelenny0.94.dfsg.2-1lenny2DSA-1771-1
clamavsource(unstable)0.95.1+dfsg-1medium523016
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